University in Germany
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
University profile
Ulm University (Universität Ulm) was founded in 1967 and is the youngest university in Baden-Württemberg. It is a research university with a focused range of subjects in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and medicine, set on a green campus on the Oberer Eselsberg at about 600 metres above sea level, which it describes as the highest-altitude university campus in Germany. Around 10,000 students were enrolled in winter semester 2024/25.
The university is the driving force behind Science City Ulm, where the campus connects with the University Hospital, external research institutes and technology companies. Partner institutions in the Science City include the Institute of Diabetes Technology and the Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm. The campus site is almost 1.6 kilometres long and about one kilometre wide, with the Uni West building primarily home to the engineering disciplines.
Teaching and research are organised in four faculties: Engineering, Computer Science and Psychology; Mathematics and Economics; Medicine; and Natural Sciences. Central institutions include the Institute of Molecular Medicine, the International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm, the Graduate and Professional Training Center Ulm (ProTrainU), the School of Advanced Professional Studies (SAPS), the School of Humanities, the Botanical Garden, and the Communication and Information Centre (kiz). Interdisciplinary centres include the Neurocenter, the Centre for Trauma Research, the Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology (IQST) and the Zentrum für Energieforschung und -technologie.
Students can choose from 23 Bachelor's and state examination programmes and 42 Master's programmes, with a further doctoral route; all Bachelor's programmes are taught in German, while twelve English-taught Master's programmes are offered. Medicine and Dentistry lead to the state examination. The Orientation Semester starts only in the summer semester.
Student life centres on the campus: the library in the western part of the university offers open reading areas and bookable study and group rooms; Hochschulsport offers courses from Aikido to Volleyball and runs the UNIfit gym in building O25; and the Studierendenwerk Ulm leases rooms in several student dormitories with bus connections to all universities and the city centre. People from more than 100 countries study, research and work at Ulm; 14 % of students and 21 % of doctoral candidates are international. The International Office, a Buddy Programme, the student groups ERASMUS Ulm and Friends and the volunteer initiative ASSIST support newcomers. Ulm University is a founding member of YERUN (Young European Research Universities) and a patron and partner of the German University in Cairo.
There are no tuition fees in Bachelor's and consecutive Master's programmes. Non-EU/EEA international students pay 1,500 euros per semester under Baden-Württemberg law, and second-degree students pay 650 euros per semester (not charged twice). Fees also apply to the Master's programmes in Actuarial Science, Advanced Oncology, Innovation and Science Management and Sensor Systems Engineering. Semester contribution (not tuition) for winter 2026/27 and summer 2027: administration fee 80 euros, Studierendenwerk fee 92 euros and student body fee 20 euros, 192 euros in total, due by 10 August and 10 February. Exemption applications are due by 15 July or 15 January.
Enrolled international students and doctoral candidates near graduation who are in financial distress can receive a DAAD-funded STIBET Abschlussstipendium of at least 250 euros per month for up to six months (exceptionally twelve). Applications go through the Mobility Online portal during 15 January–28 February and 15 August–30 September. See International Office scholarships.
Sponsors give 150 euros a month, matched by the Federal Government, for 300 euros a month regardless of income, awarded to high-achieving and committed students. For 2025/2026, 84 scholarships were supported for one year. See Deutschlandstipendium at Ulm.
The university lists the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM, PROMOS and IQST scholarships for students, and doctoral funding through LGFG scholarships (up to three years, currently not offered), grants for female scientists and thematic graduate-programme grants. See Scholarships. The Studierendenwerk Social Fund offers meal vouchers, a semester-contribution scholarship for new students and a hardship loan.
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View scholarships for Ulm University →All Bachelor's programmes at Ulm University are taught in German. Applicants who are neither German nor EU/EEA citizens and do not hold a German Abitur apply through uni-assist; applicants who are German or EU/EEA citizens or hold a German entrance qualification apply through the Ulm campus portal or hochschulstart.de. In programmes without restricted admission, every applicant with a recognised university entrance qualification and proof of German is admitted. Biochemistry, Biology, Molecular Medicine and Psychology are locally restricted and start only in the winter semester; places for foreign applicants are 6 (Biochemistry), 7 (Biology), 4 (Molecular Medicine) and 11 (Psychology), allocated on the average grade of the entrance qualification where demand exceeds places. Medicine has 18 winter-semester places for foreign applicants and Dentistry 3; Medicine selection uses the entrance-qualification grade and the TestAS, with a TestAS percentile rank of at least 85 % required.
International Bachelor's applications for the winter semester are made through uni-assist from 1 June to 15 July, with all documents uploaded by 15 July. The uni-assist fee is 75 euros for the first programme and 30 euros for each additional one. Documents include the home-country university entrance certificate, previous coursework or transcripts, proof of German, the TestAS for Medicine, and an original APS certificate for applicants from China, India or Vietnam.
Applicants whose foreign school-leaving certificate is not equivalent to the Abitur must pass the Feststellungsprüfung. In Baden-Württemberg the Studienkolleg place is requested through the university: Ulm assigns places only for the winter semester, applications via uni-assist run from 1 June to 15 July with proof of German at B2, and the partner is Studienkolleg Heidelberg (entrance test in October, one year of two semesters). Courses are T (engineering, mathematics, natural sciences), M (Biochemistry, Biology, Psychology) and W (Business Management and Digital Transformation, Management and Economics). There is no Studienkolleg assignment for Molecular Medicine, Medicine or Dentistry.
German at CEFR level C1 is required, shown by the end of enrolment (or at application for restricted programmes). Accepted proofs include DSH-2 or higher, TestDaF level 4 in all four parts, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule, Goethe-Zertifikat C2 (GDS), DSD II, ÖSD C2, or a passed German part of the Feststellungsprüfung.
Master's applicants need a Bachelor's degree or equivalent of at least three years in a relevant subject, with a grade threshold set by each programme. Example thresholds: Computer Science requires an overall grade of 2.7 or better (or a Bachelor's thesis of 2.0 or better, or 140 ECTS credits with an average of 2.7 or better) and German; Biophysics requires 3.0 or better, 12 ECTS in mathematics and physics (at least 5 in physics) and English at B2, with a one-page motivation letter if the grade is 2.6 or worse. Windows are 1 June to 15 July (winter) and 1 December to 15 January (summer) for many programmes; Biophysics runs 1 April to 15 May (winter) and 15 October to 15 January (summer). Foreign-degree holders apply via uni-assist, others through the campus portal; an APS certificate is required for degrees from China, India or Vietnam, and the grading scale of the degree must be shown. Twelve Master's programmes are taught in English.
Doctoral candidates are accepted by their faculty through the responsible doctoral office and must enrol as doctoral students under § 38 (5) of the Baden-Württemberg Higher Education Act; enrolment must be in place by the oral examination. Enrolled doctoral candidates pay the administration fee, student union fee and student body contribution.
Ulm University campus (Oberer Eselsberg), Ulm – the single main campus in the north of Ulm, in Science City Ulm at around 600 metres above sea level, with the University Hospital, research institutes and technology companies alongside. It is divided into Uni West (primarily engineering) and Uni East.
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